Collapsible fruit or berry box.



L. ROSENWALD.

COLLAPSIBLE FRUIT OR BERRY BOX.

APPUCATION FILED JuLY27. 1914.

1,168,565, Patented Jan.18, 1916.

WITNESSES.-

/ WWWK THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH cu" WASHINGTON, n. c.

LUCIANROSENWALD, or KANSAS'CITY, MISSOURI.

coLLAPsIBLE FRUIT on BERRY Box.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicationfiled J'u1y27, 1914. Serial No. 853,260.-

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I," LUcIAN. BosENwALD, a citizen of. the% United States,.residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissour'i, have inventedacertain new and useful .Improvement in Collapsible F ruit or, Berry Boxes, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in collapsible fruit oryberry, boxes The object 'offmy invention is to provide a,;collapsible box, adapted. for use asa fru t or", berry. box; or for other uses, which 1sv cheap tomanufacture, which maybe quickly I and-easily, collapsed, toaflatform ;or:v set up, ready forwusegtand. WlllCllrlS strong, and;

durable.-

Thenovel. features of myinvention' are hereinafter fully :ClESCIlbGdxilIlCl' claimed.

In the accompanying. drawmg, which illustrates the preferred embodiment :of my invention;Figurev l is ;a perspective-- view showing my improved box sejtiupready for use. Fig.2 is: a 1 plan. view of the same. Fig. 8 is a verticalsection. on the line33 of Fig. 2. Figteisaplan view of the body collapsed. Fig; 5 is astretch-out View of the strip-from which the body is. formed. Fig. 6 is a perspective view .ofqa portion of theibox showingthebottom retaining members in positionsrespectively in alinement with the sidesof the box.

Similar reference characters designate similarpartsin the different views.

In the followingdescription and claims,

the term sides? box.

The body of the-ibox :isformed, preferr ably; fromz a'sing'le rectangular strip" 1, of

includes the ends of-the .suitable material, such assheet wood or card boardythe ends of the stripbelngoverlapped cued-respectively atf theicorners ofutheabox,

whereby the strip may be easily bentto the form required inthe body, and which pers mit the body to be collapsed to the fiat form,

shown in Fig. 4.

l designates a removable bottom, which is adapted to be fitted into the body, when. the.

body is extended, thereby retainingthe body in the extended position, as well as servingthe usual function of a bottom. For-retaining the bottom l in the operative position within the body, the following described means are provided. F or. supporting the bottom 4 in ahorizontal position, thebody Lisxprovided with devices adapted tobe moved, from positions parallel with" the sides of the body, to positions at angles thereto; Preferably these devices are arranged for'as follows; A plurality of longitudinal slits 5, disposed alittle distance above the lower edge of'therbod-y, extend respectively across the vertical joints 8. A plurality of pairsof shorter flexible vertical joints 6 extend from the lower edge of the strip 1, at opposite sides of the vertical joints 3, to the adjacent ends of the slits 5. The portions 7, which :are lo cated between each pair of flexible joints :6'

and between the adjacent slit 5 and the adjacent longitudinal edge of thestrlp 1, form asort of hinge, the two members 70f which are flexibly connected with each other by the vertical joint 3 which connects them, and which at their other set of ends are flexibly connected by the'flexible joints 6'with two PatentedJan. 18,1916.

adjacent sides of the body. By means of this construction, theflexibly connected por-= tions;7 may bebent inwardly from positions 1n alinement respectively with the sides-of the box, as shown in Figs. 4,5 and 6, to POSl'.

tions respectively at right angles to'the-sides to .whichthey are flexibly connected, as

shown in Figs. 1,2 and 3. In the last named.

position, the portions 7 serve as supporting devices upon which the bottom l mayrest.

Then the strip 1 has been bent to form" the body, and has had its ends hooked together, or otherwisefastened to each other,

the portions 7 may be bent inwardlyfrom theouter position shownin Fig. 6, to the in-.

ner position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3-, by

pressing; inwardly upon said portions adjacent tothe vertical joint 8. The sidesv of the body "being flexibly connected with each other-by the joints 3, will swing apart sufii-= ciently to enable the portions 7 to be moved-0 to the inner position shown in Fig. 2. After this has been done, the bottom 4 is slipped into the body so as to rest upon said portions 7. c

If desired, means maybe provided for holding thebottom i from beingmoved upwardly from the supporting portions 7 Forthe purpose of effecting this function, I

have provided the following described means. A plurality of pairs of longitudinal slits 8 are provided in the strip 1 respectively above the slits 5,.the lower slit 8 being separated from the adjacent slit 5 by a distance a little greater than the thickness of the bottom 4. The slits 8 of each pair ex-" tend transversely across'th'e 7 adjacent vertical joint 8. The strip is provided with verticaljoints'9, respectively extending be- .tweenthe ends of the slits 8. The portions 10 which are located between the slit/s8 and the adjacent vertical joints 9,'are connected with each other and to the strip 1 in a'manner similar to the portions above described. Said portions 10, when the strip 1 is in flat form, lie in alinement' with the body of thestrip 1, from which positions" they may be inwardly'bent to positions respectively at right angles to the sides to which they are flexibly connected, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. After the bottom 4 has been-slipped into the bodyand against the portions 7, the

portions 10, if the strip 1 is of sutlicientlyflexible material, may be forced inwardly to the position shown in Fig. l and in Figs. 2 Q

and 3, thereby extending over the bottom 4 so as to prevent its rising from the portions 7. Y

. In setting up or assembling the box, the

' strip 1 is bent to the proper form along the joints 3, after which the tongues 11, which are formed at the respective ends of the strip, by the presence of the slit 2, are respectively slipped'into the slits 2 of opposite ends, the tongues 11 beingpreferably inserted at the inner side of the box, with the slits 2 in alinement with each other, as shown in Figs. 1 and i, and with the longi-.

tudinal edges of the strip 1 disposed in alinement with each other at both ends of the strip. The portions 7 are then forced inwardly to the positions shown in Figs. 1

2 and 3, after which the bottom 4 is placed in the body uponthe portions 7, following which the portions 10 are bent inwardly to the positions shown in Figs. 2 and 3. To collapse the box, the operation just described isreversed, with the exception that the ends of the strip 1 need not be unhooked, the body being collapsed to shown in Fig. 4,

- I do not" limit my invention to the structures Shown d d rib d, as modifications,

within the scope of the appended claims,

maybe made without departing from the spirit ofmy invention. 7 i r the position Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A collapsible box body comprising a strip having its ends secured together and provided with a plurality of transverse flexible joints extending vertically from one longitudinal edge of thestrip to the other, and provided with a plurality of longitudinal; slits respectively crossing said joints,

and having respectively at opposite sides of each of said joints two flexible joints extend- 7 ing from one longitudinal edge of the strip the adjacent slit, and a removable bottom adapted to be fitted within said body, the portions of the strip which are located between said slits and the adjacent longitudi-= nal edge of the strip and which extend between the shorter joints being movable into positions adapted to support said bottom.

3'. A collapsible "box comprising a body having at each corner two inwardly extending angular portions spaced apart and disposed one above the other, and adapted to be swung into alinement with the walls of the box, and a bottom memberadapted to be mounted between the upper and lower angular portions and to be supported by the latter when they are inwardly extending.

4.A collapsible box comprising a body having at each corner three longitudinal slits disposed one above the other and extending across the adjacent corner, the portions between the two upper slits and between the lower slits and the lower edge of the box having vertical flexible joints at the ends of the slits and at the corners of the body, whereby said portions maybe bent.

inwardly from alinement with the sides of the boxto angular positions respectively, the lower portion and the upper portion at each corner being spaced apart, and a bottom member adapted to rest upon said lower portions under the upper portions, when the said portions are bent inwardly to the angular positions.

5. A box provided at each corner with a longitudinal slit, which extends across the corner, the portions between the said slits and the lower edge of the box being provided at the ends of the slits and at the "corners of the box with vertical flexible joints which extend from the lower edge of In testimony whereof I have signed my the box to the adjacent slits respectively, name to this specification in presence of two whereby said portions may be bent inwardly subscribing witnesses.

from alinement with the sides of the box LUCIAN ROSENWALD. 5 to an angular position, and a bottom mem- Witnesses:

ber adapted to be supported upon said in- WARREN D. HoUsE,

wardly bent portions. E. B. HOUSE.

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